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Haven't really checked in here for several months, but saw this happened and wanted to give respect for Vinny, Brad, and Alex's hard work over the years, peace!

And here I thought I was making folks sigh and groan and even roll their eyes for good measure, with the most dramatic flair I have no doubt, for even suggesting duder was saying "don't let racists agree with you, or people will think you're a racist." Of course nobody actually thinks such an absurd thing, and that's not what's being said at all. I even clumsily recouched their own argument for them so it's not interpreted that way.

Ok then.

If, by chance, you find yourself questioning backing away from positions of criticisms of entire nations when you are surrounded by racists in stereo making similar arguments such as "Fuck China", congratulations, you've learned a life lesson, human, and it might even stick if you stay off social media for a few days.

* Even if it isn't obvious why now to you, it is incredibly important for the public good to not allow racists to determine the sides of an argument for you. Even if you don't care about polarization (and it's likely the surest path to more trinitite for everyone), you must understand that someone with truly evil intentions can easily use this tactic to exploit a well meaning public. A clever politician can use a public willing to engage in this behavior; self policing with threats of social ostracism and shaming for siding with the racists who shout such clumsy, ham handed, obviously racist dog whistles as "Fuck China". Meanwhile, it is best to sit aside and do and say nothing while millions of people are castrated and imprisoned and brainwashed and... oh wait, that's literally what's happening now.

So I guess what I'm saying is, FuckChina.

All the best Abby.

Sony is taking a huge gamble on Blu-ray ™ but I don't think it will really pay off for them in the end. I haven't heard anything about sixaxis support though for FFXIII, which seems like a huge missed opportunity for Sony to differentiate themselves from M$. Sixaxis really is the future, rumble isn't a really big deal and i could do without it. Between sixaxis, the RSX Reality Synthesizer and the power of the Cell Processor, the entire Fabula Nova Crystallis will on PS3 will make for an easy decisoin.

I hope everyone lands on their feet, and agreed that while tempting, it's probably not super helpful to analyze what's going on.

@toughshed: Since you directly called someone a racist (arguably with better evidence) rather than just implying as such less than 4 posts after your original that I had issues with, I'm willing to concede that we probably aren't going to come to an understanding. Have a good one.

I generally don't like when people randomly assume others are racists and nobody calls them out on their bullshit. It's a horrible thing to call someone, and shuts down any sort of conversation. Make of that what you will.

@sethmode: Ok, I'm not sure what you are trying to engage with, literally the only post you have is "Fuck off."

My general thought is that while I generally doubt the efficacy of video game boycott/protests, and have some sympathy for the developers in an impossible situation, I staunchly support the concept of protesting of all forms completely. Just because something hasn't worked in the past doesn't mean it is always doomed to failure, and on a personal note, I don't understand how someone with sincere misgivings around the culture of a game doesn't factor this into their buying decision. If you're in the camp where the actions this dev has taken bothers you, regardless of their dystopian government overlords, why would you fuel that with "prospect of potential pretty lady" gacha credit card slot machine rolls? No way that makes sense to me, but to each their own.

@sethmode: Brilliant!

What's clear to me is that the idea that changing *your* argument because of what a racist might think is intellectual self sabotage, in that you're allowing racists to determine the sides of a discussion, and abandoning your own ideas despite all other evidence. Think for yourself, don't let racists group think for you.

Thank you for the clarification that you're not implying someone is a racist based on whether or not a racist agrees with you, instead because racists just generally have bad ideas, which hopefully isn't putting words in your mouth. That's the problem with throwing around loaded terms and assuming one of the most despicable, nefarious human intents casually, things escalate quickly. Maybe just assume someone's thoughts are their own, and not guided by racism.

Cool... now if it were only possible to own one.